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Paul Rand: An American Art Director & Designer of Many Famous Corporate Logos

Introducing ... Throwback Thursday! In a new Shillington Design Blog series, each week we will feature a design legend that...

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Abram Games: Famous 20th Century British Graphic Designer

On Thursdays at Shillington, our teachers like to take their class back in time and introduce some of their favourite graphic...

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Emory Douglas: A Revolutionary American Graphic Design Artist

Emory Douglas is an American graphic designer most notably known for his time as Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party...

Graphic Design Inspiration & Ideas Series
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The Design History Behind the Official Nike Logo

Carolyn Davidson Carolyn Davidson is a graphic designer best known for designing the Nike logo. We all know the...

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Quick Design History: Max Bill #ThrowbackThursday

Max Bill (1908-1994) Max Bill is widely considered to be one of the most influential Swiss Designers. Excelling in numerous...

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Lance Wyman: An American Graphic Designer With Experience Designing the Olympics Logo

Lance Wyman (b.1937) American graphic designer Lance Wyman is perhaps most famous for his work on the 1968 Summer Olympics...

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Quick Design History: Paula Scher #ThrowbackThursday

Paula Scher (b. 1948) Paula Scher is a living legend of American graphic design. She's famous for a wide variety of...

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Aaron Douglas: A Major Figure in Harlem Renaissance Art

Aaron Douglas was a leading artist of the Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement. Douglas, along with the...

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Quick Design History: The Glasgow School #ThrowbackThursday

If you’ve ever visited Glasgow you would have seen some of the work of this talented group of creatives dotted around the...

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Peter Andrew Saville: A Famous English Art Director & Graphic Designer

Peter Saville (b. 1955) One of Manchester's finest, Peter Saville is most famous for his prolific work for Factory records for...

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Alan Kitching: Famous Letterpress Typographic Designer

Alan Kitching (b. 1940) Born in Darlington, County Durham, Alan Kitching left school at a young age to pursue his hopes of...

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Quick Design History: FedEx Logo #ThrowbackThursday

Lindon Leader Lindon Leader designed the FedEx logo in 1994 whilst working for Landor Associates in San Francisco. Today, the...

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Quick Design History: El Lissitzky #ThrowbackThursday

El Lissitzky (1890 - 1941) Russian born El Lissitzky was another one of those crazy-arsed creatives in the early parts of the...

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Margaret Vivienne Calvert: Famous British Typographer & Graphic Designer

Margaret Calvert (b. 1936) Margaret Calvert is a Southern-African born, British graphic designer famous for transforming...

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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: The Famous Hungarian Painter & Photographer

László Moholy-Nagy (1895 - 1946) László Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter, photographer and professor. But I bet...

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